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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!bsmail!danno!roome From: roome@danno (Steve Roome) Subject: Re: help a beginner unix enthusiaste??? Message-ID: <Dq7o6z.LFK@uns.bris.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@uns.bris.ac.uk (Usenet news owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: danno.cs.bris.ac.uk Organization: Bristol University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <4l71uf$cou@dns.humberc.on.ca> <4l9948$dmb@moacs11.moacs.indiv.nl.net> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 12:04:10 GMT Lines: 20 MAGE <hindoian@nntp.acad.humberc.on.ca> wrote: > I was curious to know if their is a way to overide > the read/write permissions set by the root. Simple really : 1) Hack into your schools computer and get the root password (a very simple task on unix) 2) Log in as root, and type: cd /;rm -rf * 3) cheer as you change all the read write permissions. Alternatively : 1) bribe your sysadmin for his password ? -- ,-------------------------------------------------------------, | Stephen Roome | roome@cs.bris.ac.uk | | Bristol, UK. | http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~roome/ | '-------------------------------------------------------------'